Antoine-Hippolyte Cros

Antoine-Hippolyte Cros (10 May 1833 – 1 November 1903) was a French surgeon and pretender to the throne of the defunct Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia.[1]

Antoine-Hippolyte Cros
Pretender
Born(1833-05-10)10 May 1833
Paris, France
Died1 November 1903 (1903-12) (aged 70)
Title(s)Known as "King Antoine II of Araucania' (fancy title)
Throne(s) claimedKingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
Pretend from1902-1903
SpouseLeonilla Mendes
PredecessorAchille Laviarde
SuccessorLaure-Therese Cros

Personal

Antoine-Hippolyte Cros was born in Lagrasse, France, on 10 May 1833, to the philosopher Simon Charles Henry Cros (1803–1876) and Josephine Thor.[2] He was the grandson of grammarian Antoine Cros (1769–1844). He was also the brother of the poet and inventor of the phonograph, Charles Cros (1842–1888) and the painter and sculptor Henry Cros (1840–1907). Antoine-Hippolyte was married in Paris on 5 March 1856 to Leonilda Méndez de Texeira, an aristocratic lady of Portuguese origin. The couple had two children, Laure-Therese Cros (22 December 1856 – 12 February 1916),[3] who succeeded him as Queen of Araucania and Patagonia, and Juliette Cros (20 November 1868 – 27 April 1945).[4]

Pretender to the throne of Araucanía and Patagonia

On 28 August 1873 the Criminal Court of Paris ruled that Antoine de Tounens, first "king of Araucania and Patagonia" did not justify his status of sovereign.[5]

The pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia are called monarchs and sovereigns of fantasy,[6][7][8][9][10] "having only fanciful claims to a kingdom without legal existence and having no international recognition".[11]

Since the death of Antoine de Tounens, some french citizens without familial relations declared themselves to be pretenders to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia. Whether the Mapuche themselves accept this, or are even aware of it, is unclear.[12]

At the death of Achille Laviarde on 6 March 1902 Antoine-Hippolyte Cros was elected pretender to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia until his own death on 1 November 1903.

After his death, his daughter Laure-Therese Cros succeeded him as pretender to the throne of Araucania and Patagonia.

References
  1. "d.3 Antoine II - North American Araucanian Royalist Society". www.steelcrown.org.
  2. "Antoine Hyppolite Cros, III. roi d'Araucanie et de Patagonie". geni_family_tree.
  3. "Laure Thérèse, IV. reine d'Araucanie et de Patagonie". geni_family_tree.
  4. "Juliette Cros". geni_family_tree.
  5. Le XIXe siècle : journal quotidien politique et littéraire. 1873.
  6. Fuligni, Bruno (1999). Politica Hermetica Les langues secrètes. L'Age d'homme. p. 135. ISBN 9782825113363.
  7. Journal du droit international privé et de la jurisprudence comparée. 1899. p. 910.
  8. Montaigu, Henri (1979). Histoire secrète de l'Aquitaine. A. Michel. p. 255. ISBN 9782226007520.
  9. Lavoix, Camille (2015). Argentine : Le tango des ambitions. Nevicata. ISBN 9782511040072.
  10. Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Lille. 1907. p. 150.
  11. Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. ICC. 1972. p. 51.
  12. Peregrine, Anthony (5 February 2016). "France's forgotten monarchs" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.


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